Leading game winner for the first two years of
the Milwaukee Brewers....traded to Boston for 1972 in nine player deal....responded
with a career high 17 wins....career beginnings started with Angels
organization....was able to split evenly a total of 8 decisions in 1968 as a
reliever....picked in expansion by Seattle, a case of the new franchise taking a player who had AAA history in the city....turned him into a starter....after a fast start had so-so
going in the Pilot’s only year with a 7-12 record and +5 ERA....followed the franchise east to Milwaukee and yielded two
less runs per game and win figure doubled....continued success
with Boston going 17-13 for 1972 and 15-15 in 1973....signature was his high leg kick delivery....traded to Kansas City for 1974....while he had
spent 5 years prior as a starter, fails to establish one singular role in
KC....career best 2.46 ERA in 9176 was offset by 8-14 win-loss....is able to win ten games twice however....finishes his career in KC until to the 1980 season....last appearance was in 1980 World Series....turned to coaching/managing primarily for Kansas University.....born, raised, schooled (bachelor's and master's s degrees from Eastern Illinois University) and passed away in Charleston, Illinois, while visiting friends in October 2018
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